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The New Medicine and the Old Ethics

The New Medicine and the Old Ethics( )
Author: Jonsen, Albert
ISBN:978-0-674-61726-1
Publication Date:Mar 1992
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $63.95
Book Description:

The history of medicine is a record of scientific discovery, clinical triumph, and personal sacrifice; it is also a record of obscurantism, dogmatism, and greed. In this humane book one of our leading medical ethicists addresses the conflict between altruism and self-interest, which he believes is built into the structure of medical care and woven into the very fabric of physicians' lives. In the process, he reveals both the wisdom and the weaknesses of traditional ethics in an era...
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Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Ethics
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.97 x 20.955 x 1.524 cm
Book Weight:0.223 Kilograms



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